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Leadership & Policy

Rescue for the endangered – role for Historically Black Colleges and Universities in developing African American leadership

Historically Black colleges and universities should play a major role in reversing the stagnant African American pattern of existence that is characterized by hopelessness and powerlessness, according to a new study of African-American males.

Leadership & Policy

Southern University officials resist one-board-for-all plan

BATON ROUGE, LA Southern University’s separate management board is safe for now, but college administrators aren’t sure it will survive.

Leadership & Policy

Clergy and deans say black colleges need black churches

Washington When a small group of spirited clergy, Black-college presidents, deans and community leaders came together for an early morning session at the national conference of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) on a recent Saturday morning, they did more than pray and render hearty amens.

Faculty & Staff

When faculties vote “no confidence.”

Not long before Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton selected to be the president of Ohio’s largest two-year institution, a national group named her the top community college CEO in the country. Now, six years later, faculty members at Cuyahoga Community College say that the woman they once welcomed with open arms isn’t fit to feat the 22,000-student college.

Making retention work

Since 1988’s all-time high in the college enrollment African Americans enrollment of African, American, declining high school completion figures have contributed to a slower increase in minority college participation After more than a decade of intensely examining factors that influence retention, we seem to be in a period of slippage of minority participation and success at the post-secondary level.

Student aid plans face tough road ahead

President Bill Clinton’s new two-part approach to higher education investment–a Pell Grant increase coupled with more extensive tax credits–is drawing a mixed: response among both education advocates and Republicans in Congress.

Small schools – Where Football Is An Activity, Not a Business

In college football, the big schools win and the small schools struggle.

Leadership & Policy

Correcting the inequities of the past – Makaziwe Phulma Mandela, anthropologist, educator and daughter of South African President Nelson Mandela and Winnie Mandela – Interview – Cover Story

Before embarking on a tour of historically Black colleges and universities, Dr. Makaziwe Phumla Mandela, daughter of South African President Nelson Mandela, stopped by the offices of Black Issues in Higher Education to discuss a wide range of issues facing higher education in the new South Africa.

Leadership & Policy

Mfume: ‘it’s all right now to come back home.’ – Kweisi Mfume, NAACP president, views on role of youth in civil rights struggles

Winston-salem, NC The nation’s Colleges will be the incubators for new soldiers in America’s civil rights struggle, Kweisi Mfume told a group of students.

Leadership & Policy

New community college liaison to ED – appointment of Jacqueline E. Woods to a Department of Eduction post

Jacqueline E. Woods, the vice chancellor for external affairs at City Colleges of Chicago and a former American Association of Community Colleges staff member, will become the second community college liason to the Department of Education, U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley announced last week.

Leadership & Policy

Endowments: investing in education’s future – historically African American colleges

With enrollments down, operating costs up, federal research funds disappearing and admission and hiring policies endangered, the best way to coax a smile out of higher education administrators is to mention a single word: endowment.

Leadership & Policy

Spending smart – economic restructuring of Morris College

Behind his back, Morris College alumni refer to the president of the small, Black Baptist college in Sumter, SC, as “the survivor.” It is a respectful nickname that has been earned by staying power — more than two decades at the helm — and an ability to financially right an institution that was sinking fast.

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